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A fire that burned 150 acres (61 hectares) on the north side of Bear Butte State Park over the weekend was caused by a debris burn pile that escaped. The Great Plains Fire Information office says the burn pile was on private property, but the fire escaped and spread to the state park near Sturgis.

Names of people involved in a fatal car crash on Friday east of Clear Lake were released Monday. Two women died in the crash. The two women were in the same vehicle driving westbound on South Dakota Highway 22 when the vehicle slid into the eastbound lane and was hit by an oncoming semi-truck.

Crews are battling a grass fire on the north side of Bear Butte State Park in southwestern South Dakota. The blaze was reported about 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The fire is estimated to be between 10 and 15 acres in size, but authorities expect it to grow because of strong winds

Authorities in Sioux Falls are looking for a man they say robbed a Sioux Falls convenience store at gunpoint. The robbery happened at Loves Travel Stop on Cliff Avenue near the I-90 interchange around 5:40 a.m. Thursday.

A 27-year-old Alexandria man died following a farming accident between 9 and 9:30 a.m. The man suffered severe injury after getting stuck in a cattle chute on a farm just outside of Alexandria, according to Hanson County Emergency Manager Kevin Kayser. Authorities declined to reveal the victim's name.

One person is dead and another seriously injured after a pickup crash in northeastern South Dakota. The Highway Patrol says a 2007 Ford Crew Cab was southbound on Interstate 29 when it left the road and rolled north of Sisseton Saturday morning.

Law enforcement and a family in northern keoland are thankful for a tool that fights drug overdoses. Earlier this month a Spink County Deputy gave Narcan to a young girl in need. The sheriff says his office received the overdose reversal drug recently through the state.

A 42-year-old man who lives in far northwest South Dakota has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for beating up a woman after she refused to give him money for alcohol. Celby Noisy Hawk Jr. of Eagle Butte on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation was convicted of assault resulting in serious bodily injury in the incident last June 9.

Two people wanted on a number of felony warrants were arrested after a police standoff in Sioux Falls that lasted several hours. Minnehaha County deputies were attempting to serve a warrant at an apartment about 5 p.m. Tuesday in the area of the Sixth Street and Sycamore Avenue when they learned one of the suspects had a pistol.

A 41-year-old Little Eagle man from far north-central South Dakota on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of child abuse, assault with a dangerous weapon and child pornography after he was found guilty in two jury trials.

Authorities say a teen fired guns at homes in northwest Iowa, leading to an investigation where police found dozens of guns at the juvenile's home in Brandon. Neighbors said they were shocked to see so many squad cars outside their homes on S. Lakota Avenue in Brandon.

A Rapid City man accused of illegally hunting mountain lions by baiting them with dead deer has pleaded guilty. Thirty-nine year-old William Colson VI recently pleaded guilty to four misdemeanors related to prohibited hunting and unlawful possession of a big game animal. Each offense is punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

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